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#10 SecurityWeek general November 02, 2026 at 13:25 UTC

Google Introduces $250,000 Root-in-Cloud Bug Bounty Reward

By Ionut Arghire

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Google has introduced a new $250,000 top-tier reward in its Cloud Vulnerability Reward Program (VRP) specifically for 'Root-in-Cloud' bugs — high-impact architectural vulnerabilities that demonstrate full administrative control over Google Cloud infrastructure. This represents a significant expansion of Google's bug bounty scope and signals the company's concern about architectural-level cloud security flaws that go beyond traditional application vulnerabilities. Security researchers focusing on cloud infrastructure attack surfaces now have a substantial financial incentive to investigate Google Cloud's core architecture.

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